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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the Marlboro Man tell the Minister he is a student of?
(a) Human nature.
(b) Philosophy.
(c) Agriculture.
(d) History.

2. What does the Minister recall he and the Prime Minister doing "to young thugs who could not even spell their own names" (10)?
(a) Beating them up.
(b) Giving them guns.
(c) Tutoring them.
(d) Finding them jobs.

3. What weapon does the man who said he was Red Cross use to frighten Ari?
(a) A gun.
(b) A club.
(c) A bomb.
(d) A knife.

4. What types of tales did Elena tell the Minister's children when they were young?
(a) Tales of elves and fairies.
(b) Tales of Jesus as a young man.
(c) Tales of the Devil as a young man.
(d) Tales of the apocalypse.

5. What does the Minister do when the Marlboro Man says, "You, too, are by brother" (12)?
(a) He ignores the man and says nothing.
(b) He waves to the man.
(c) He yells the same phrase back at the man.
(d) He tells his aide to arrest him.

6. How long has the Marlboro Man been in prison before he is able to escape?
(a) 3 months.
(b) 15 years.
(c) 30 years.
(d) 5 years.

7. How long ago does the Marlboro Man say he was given that nickname?
(a) 20 years ago.
(b) 3 years ago.
(c) 40 years ago.
(d) 10 years ago.

8. What word does the Marlboro Man mispronounce while the Minister walks down the tarmac?
(a) Ciao.
(b) Bon Voyage.
(c) Adios.
(d) Aloha.

9. What does the Minister realize as a group of aids guide him down the tarmac?
(a) He did not say goodbye to Ari.
(b) He does not want to see his wife.
(c) He set the Marlboro Man free.
(d) He forgot his suitcase.

10. What does the Minister say to the Marlboro Man when he tries to say the two are similar?
(a) He agrees with him.
(b) The Minister says that he should have been arrested with the man.
(c) He tells him he is insane.
(d) The Minister says that the Man is far more noble than he is.

11. What does Ari do as he drives the Minister and the man who got into the car with them?
(a) Stares ahead in silence.
(b) Cries.
(c) Calls the cops.
(d) Sings to the radio.

12. How old is the Minister of Interior?
(a) Mid-60s.
(b) Late 30s.
(c) Late 70s.
(d) Early 50s.

13. What author does the Minister recall he and the Prime Minister reading in their youth?
(a) Salinger.
(b) Fitzgerald.
(c) Vonnegut.
(d) Hemingway.

14. Who is screaming the Minister's name as he walks down the tarmac with his aides at the end of the story?
(a) Ari.
(b) His wife.
(c) The Marlboro Man.
(d) The crowd.

15. What does the man tell the Minister is disappointing after the Minister says he knows the man will kill them?
(a) That the Minister is running away.
(b) That the Minister was not prepared for the storm.
(c) That the Minister relies on Ari to help him.
(d) That the Minister does not recognize the man.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the man say gave him the nickname The Marlboro Man?

2. What does the Marlboro Man do when they approach a checkpoint near the airport?

3. How are Ari and the man described as the Minister thinks of being stuck in the car with them "on the way to his own execution" (7)?

4. How does the Minister know the man in the car is not from the Red Cross?

5. What does the man tell the Minister is different about both of them from their younger days?

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